This Is New Zealand. (Fourth Series), Episode 2

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34738
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Reference
34738
Media type
Audio
Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Duration
00:13:00
Credits
RNZ Collection
Henderson, Jim, 1918-2005, Producer

This series of yarns, written and candidly narrated by Jim Henderson, focuses on the people, places and curiosities of Southland. [NB: There is no actuality in this programme - Jim Henderson simply narrates the story.]

"Going the Kiwi Way" - In this episode, Henderson discusses the lives of several Dutch immigrants who have settled in Otautau.
A statement from the Dutch legation in Wellington about Dutch migration to New Zealand is read: since 1950 nearly 12,000 Dutch settlers have come to New Zealand.
The home of Mrs Cori Ronson [?] is visited. She emigrated three years ago. Her husband Joe had been a soldier in Indonesia.